Post on 18-Apr-2020
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DASH EATING PLAN
Tips To Reduce Salt and Sodium
HEALTHY EATING, PROVEN RESULTS
Studies have found that the DASH eating plan can lower blood pressure in as fast as 2 weeks. Eating less sodium creates even bigger heart healthy benefits.
Eat your veggies.Choose plain fresh, frozen, or canned (low-sodium or no-salt-added) vegeta-bles and season them yourself.
Fresh is best.Choose fresh or frozen skinless poultry, fish, and lean cuts of meat rather than those that are marinated, canned, smoked, brined, or cured.
Go "low or no."Check the Nutrition Facts labels to compare sodium levels in foods. Choose low- or reduced-sodium, or no-salt-added versions of foods.
Pay attention to preparation.Limit cured foods (such as bacon and ham); foods packed in brine (such as pickles, pickled vegetables, olives, and sauerkraut); and condiments (such as mustard, horseradish, ketchup, and bar-becue sauce). Limit even lower sodium versions of soy sauce and teriyaki sauce, which should be used as spar-ingly as table salt.
Subtract, don't add. Canned foods such as tuna and beans can be rinsed to remove some of the sodium. Cook rice, pasta, and hot cereals without salt. Cut back on instant or flavored rice, pasta, and cereal mixes, which usually have added salt.
Limit salty processed foods.Skip or limit frozen dinners and mixed dishes such as pizza, packaged mixes, canned soups or broths, and salad dressings, which often have a lot of sodium. Prepare and eat more foods at home, where you can control how much sodium is added.
Spice it up.Boost flavor with herbs, spices, lemon, lime, vinegar, or salt-free seasoning blends instead of salt or salty seasonings like soy sauce, spice blends, or soup mixes. Start by cutting salt in half and work your way toward healthy substitutes.
EASY TIPS FOR DINING OUT
Move the salt shaker away.This simple first step could become second nature.
Research the restaurant’s menu before going out.Check online nutrition information and then avoid these on the menu: pickled, cured, smoked, soy sauce.
Make special requests.Ask that your meal be prepared without added salt, MSG, or salty ingredients such as bacon, pickles, olives, and cheese.
Easy does it on the condiments.A little goes a long way for mustard, ketchup, horseradish, pickles, and sauces with salt-containing ingredients.
Go for healthy appetizers and side dishes.Choose fruit or vegetables instead of salty snacks, chips, or fries.
The DASH Eating Plan is a heart healthy approach that has been scientifically proven to lower blood pressure and have other health benefits.To learn more, go to www.nhlbi.nih.gov/DASH.
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Where's the sodium?
Most of the sodium we eat comes from added salt in packaged or prepared foods. Only a small amount occurs naturally in foods. Check Nutrition Facts labels and choose foods with lower sodium levels.
0 100 200 300 400 500
Grains Serving Size Milligrams of Sodium
Cooked cereal, rice, pasta (unsalted) ½ cup 0—15
Ready-to-eat packaged cereal ½ cup 0—360
Bread 1 slice 120—210
Vegetables
Fresh or frozen, cooked without salt ½ cup 0—70
Canned or frozen with sauce ½ cup 190—430
Pasta sauce, jarred ½ cup 270—490
Fruits
Fresh, frozen, canned ½ cup 0—5
Dairy
Milk 1 cup 110
Yogurt 1 cup 85—190
Natural cheeses 1 ½ oz 90—480
American cheese, processed 1 slice 200—240
Nuts, Seeds, and Legumes
Nuts, unsalted ⅓ cup 0—5
Nuts, salted ⅓ cup 70—260
Beans, cooked from dried or frozen (unsalted) ½ cup 0—10
Beans, canned ½ cup 130—450
Meats, Fish, and Poultry
Fresh or frozen meat, fish, poultry 3 oz 55—75
Fresh or frozen poultry, with broth 3 oz 100—170
Tuna, canned, water pack 3 oz 140—180
Turkey breast, lunch meat 3 oz 540—810
Ham, lean, roasted 3 oz 920—950
The DASH Eating Plan is a heart healthy approach that has been scientifically proven to lower blood pressure and have other health benefits.To learn more, go to www.nhlbi.nih.gov/DASH.
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